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“Even if perpetrators are penalized in court, we expect our partner in peace, UNMISS, to continue raising awareness among our communities on the need to uphold human rights, especially women’s rights,” said Flora Wilson Kenyi, a teacher from Mundri west, a county in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state. Flora was speaking on the margins of a two-day workshop facilitated by the UN Peacekeeping mission. The aim of the forum: To […]

The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian human rights group with a focus on Egypt’s militarized North Sinai, with a smear campaign and threats against the group and its director, Ahmed Salem, 18 civil society organizations denounced today. Since mid-February 2024, several government and progovernment figures and entities have engaged in an aggressive smear campaign against the Sinai Foundation and Salem […]

His Excellency Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile will on Tuesday, 27 February 2024, deliver a keynote address on the launch of principles and guidelines for the use of digital and social media in African elections at the Protea Hotel, Wanderers in Illovo, Johannesburg. These guidelines seek to create awareness among Election Management Bodies and other stakeholders on the benefits and threats of digital and social media to the electoral process […]

Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations Ambassador Muhammad Hussein Muhammad Bahr Al-Ulum, received the Director-General of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Wang Di, with his accompanying delegation, at the Ministry’s headquarters. The meeting was attended by the Chinese Ambassador to Iraq Mr. Cui Wei, and the head of Asia and Australia Department Dr. Hamid Al-Jubouri. During the meeting, […]

On behalf of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, attended the memorial ceremony for the former President of Namibia His Excellency Hage Geingob. His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan offered his sincere condolences and sympathy to His Excellency Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, President of the Republic of Namibia and to the family of the […]

HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Yusuf Maitama Tuggar met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Nigeria Dr. Ali bin Ghanem Al Hajri. The meeting dealt with discussing bilateral relations between the two countries.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar.    

UN News’s Daniel Dickinson travelled to Madagascar ahead of the United Nations Environment Assembly, which is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 26 February, to ask people how they are coping. Life is becoming increasingly challenging in the village of Zanavo Fagnalenga on the southernmost tip of Madagascar. Years of under-development, a series of humanitarian crises and the impact of climate change has pushed this village of several hundred people into […]

President Isaias Afwerki and his delegation, who are on an official visit to the Republic of Egypt on invitation by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi today, February 25, visited the Egyptian National Museum and other historical and religious sites in Cairo. Accompanied by Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources, President Isaias explored the National Museum of Egypt, which is renowned for its collection of Pharaonic antiquities, mummies, and ancient artifacts that illustrate […]

The Eritrean National Cycling Team clinched victory in the 16th edition of the Tour du Rwanda 2024, outperforming 19 national and club teams from Africa and Europe. The team secured first place with a cumulative time of 52 hours, 32 minutes, and 32 seconds. On the final day of the competition, February 25, the Eritrean National Cycling Team maintained its leading positions from previous stages, ultimately emerging as the overall […]